@amiserabilist

On the one hand, I don't think tourists should be treated like that. But I also think other people should not be treated like this either.

It's clear that as young white German women (I've seen a foto - unless there are two different stories about German backpackers detained on Hawaii...) they didn't expect to be treated like this. Somehow I think that if they had been Black German women they would have been less shocked.

And the end, where they think the problem is "Backpacking culture not being understood in the USA". Yeah I'm sure this is simply a cultural misunderstanding...

By the way, how do they think asylum seekers are treated at the EU's borders?!! They're not criminals either, seeking asylum is legal.

The two backpackers are drawing a very clear line between "criminals" and themselves. They are not complaining about the treatment of the other women because the others are "serious criminals".

The more I hear about people complaining about "being treated like criminals" the more I'm starting to think they are completely okay with criminals being treated in a shitty way, they are just appalled that they are confused/mixed up with "criminals".